Game



April 7. 1925.

D, B. CONKLIN GAME Fed Nov. 24, 1925 Patentcd Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. CONKL1N, 01: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME.

Application fi1ed November 24, 1923. Sefial No. 676,764.

T aZZ whom it may concc7m:

Be 1t known that I, DAVID B. CONKLIN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident v of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain ne and useful I1hpro-vements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

, The present invention has reference to a gameapparatus or a game board, partic ularly designed for playing a game similar to the gaine et golf as played on a golf course, and in which a ball is causd to travel between various stations on the game board.

The object oftlre present invention is to provide a device of this character that Will have the characteristics of the well known game of golf, and in which by the simple manipulation of the game board or device,

a hall is caused totravel or roll between varions indehtations indicating greens and cups and tees, that are formed by small shalloW depressions in the plain surface of' the enclosed gaine board; and which Will roquire considerable skill on the part of the operator to cause the ball to roll into the indicating depressions in a proper sequence,

'that are numbered or otherwise indicated on the device.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating onc cmbodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a section of the line 22 indicated in Fig. 1.

The device comprises essentially a gaine board or plate, indicated by 3 that inay be composed of straw board, card board, or

any material that Will provide a plain surface, and which can readilyreceive slight dcpressions 4 of a sphcrical or concave form, so that the small playiug hall 5 can be causcd to roll into one of thcsc slight deprcssions and romain therc by lu.inging the. board t0 a comparatiVcly levcl' position.

" Bv slightly inclining the 'board 3 the ball 5 will roll out of such deprcssion and pass along the board to another depression, di- 7 rection of such movement depen'ding on the manner in which'the board is inclined by the operator, W110 will'hold the device in his bande.

The deviCe is preferably in the form of a closed Shallow box or receptacle having side walls 6, extending up trom the fou edges of the bottorinplate 3;. and a glass top plate 7 is provided and preferably is permanntly secured to the side walls, so that the ball 5 is movablein a closed chamber and cannot be touche'd by the operator in aiiy manner.

As shown these indentations or depressions 4 are arranged in adjacentpairs, exceptthe first one 10, that is shown surrounded by a rectangle 11,' printed or marld on the base 8. The word Tee is printed adjacent this depression 10 to indicate the starting tee for the game. At a -remote place fronr tlxis tee a pair of depressions c and 9 are provided, and the depressron c 1s surroun'ded by a c1rcle- 12,

While the depression 9 is surnounded' by a small square outline 13 to indicate respeo tively, a cup and the green. This pair may have the number 1 on the board and indicate that the ball starts at the tee 11, is tobc rolled to 1 first to enter the cup 0 in the circle 12 and .then pass to the green at 13. If desired lines 14: and 15 may be printed on theboard to indicate the course 'of the play ing hall.

Froni the -grecnat 13, marked station 1, the ball is to travel to a pair of depressions at a remote place, such as indicated by 2 on the board, that is a second station, where there is a cup-c into which the ball is then played, that preferably passes along the line 16. The bail is next played into the green V turcs and in themanutacturc thereoft a single printing plate 3 may lie proVided wliereby at one impression, the game may *be printed upon a fiat straWboard base and simultaneously with the printing operation, the shallow hall indentationS 4 inay be made. This means that there is no special embossing or printing requiredother than above noted, and it permits the use of stock pieces 0:f straw or other kind. 9f card a d he pi .poso and :is very econo1nical to manufacture, permitting this game 'device to be sold at a nominal price.

The indentations l for reeeiaing the ball are snrronnded loy printed symbols .or designs in representation,of the desired stations as the play 1nay indieate, and in the present instance a square rectangular sym bol is adopted t0 represent the greens and a cirele snrronndingan indentation is adopted to represent the cap, and in the play of this particular game embodiment, the play is erom green to enp and drom ep t0 next suceeeding green, and so on. These seqnences of play stations may :be arbitrarily arranged'in any suitable or desirable mairner.

The indentations-themselves are extremely shallow and aresuchas mightbe 1nade during -the printing operation in an ordinary printing press so that the indentations so made as station stops for the steel ball are partienlarly shallow and O f such a nature as to provide a mere resting place for the Jball, providing the ski:ll of -the player ;is .such as to hold the game board in a =proper leyel position and in sneh a manner as to give :the ba ltl a chance :to come to full rest, otherwi se the ball rolls freely out of the indentation and has to be bronght back in tlris seqnence of play from thestation -irom which it escaped. This game requires a considerable amount .of slrill and body balance :beeause of the faot that the operative field in WhCll the hall is played or rolle'd in a fiat plain surface and withont any anechanical obstruetior1s whatever, aside from ;the -a;bo.ve noted shallowly indented play a ions as noted.

No implements iozt any kind are ntilized in ;the ;playof this ga ne, the game box ebe i;ng. covered by a glass plate and the ball is not- :accessible ;:to the player, except xthrongh :tlre .roeking or tilting ;Of the entire gaine box, and depencfing npon= :the skill .o :the plaazor in sneh ;ti lting and :balaneing the ball 1nay:be ,caus&d te graduall appnoach a sta- -tien te drop into the shallow indentation 11 the semence ,of piay and thene moved ont t0 tlu.e successive station, and so on.

The outstanding factor in -.a .play of tlais genre the play against time, for granted that one player nray he more skilled in balanoing than anotlier, thon lie Will be more .able to easily manipulate the ball throngh ithe tilting 01 the game box, and so control 4 110 bail to bring it at rest .at the desired station, and anirnskilled player Will have considerable diifienlty in controlling the hall fchrongh tilt-ing tlae box, Witll the result that the ball Will rnn -at: random withont ;being nnder ,control, and Which therefore, consumes. more time in r.unning tire seqnence ofthe play, sothat a skilled player ,can play theseQuenee from beginning to. end 1nach more rapidly than an unskilled one, and lie. thercf0re becoxnes the winner under the rnles of.this game.

=ilhat I claim is:

1. A gaine board comprising a bal], and a flat base .provided with a plnrality o:E de pressions arranged in pairs, the deprcssions ;of each pair being closely adjacent to each other; said base being also provided with =lines conneeting the depressions in series; said lines passing fro1n eaclr depression of a pair to the otherdepression of the same pair, and from one depression of each pair t0 a depression not oi:the saine :pair therewith.

2. A. gaine board eomprising a box hav- .ing a fiat :bottom provided with a plurality of depressionsarranged in pairs, the depressiens tort each pair :beinglosely adjacent to each other; said bottom being also :proa*ided with =lincs connecting the depressions is serics; said lines including short lines ,1 )assing fro1n each .depress'ion .of a pair to -the other depression o'f the;same pair, :and long lines.extending fronr 011e alepression 0[ eaclr pair to a depression not of the same pair therewitlr; and ;a bail in Said .box.

A garne board eomprising;a box having wallg and a :flattbottom free of a1pward pro- {jections and provided with a plnrality of depressions ;arranged in pairs; said :bottonr bei;ng also provided with lines connecting the depressions in series; ;said lines passing 1-rorn eaclr depression o;f;a pair to the other .depression 0.-f the same pair, and from the d zpression o;f ea;ch pair ;to a depression not- ;ogf -the sanre pair |il;ieremith;; and a hall in said box,

(1;. A gaine board comprising a fiat base provided with a plurality of interzmediate depressions arranged in pairs, =the ,depressiens of each pair being closely adjacent to eaclr et lier,,one depression o;f eacl1 pair being round to represent a cap and ;the other besq.nare to represent a tee; said base being also provided Wltll an initial square de pression marked 'lee and a final round depression .to represent the final cap, and lines ,eon;neeting all on" the intermediate depres siens in series betavoen said anarked depressien. and the final depression, said limes passing fro1n eaclr ro.nrid depression of a pair .l;o .eacl1 s pqare .dep ession ol? the same pair, and 51'()Ul eac'h sqi1a,re deprzession to a round ,dcpression not o l tlae sangle pair H1mmvitlr; and: ,a snrall numable Jncmlmi ad:rpie tl 10 la; placed on said base.

A ne bQard eon nprising a box lr aring a fiat hottom prorided w't, ,a plnralriy ot depres ions .arranged in pairs, the de-pressions of eae-h pair beiag close-ly adjacent .1'o each otzher, one depression o;f each pair being round t0 represent a cnp and the o.tl1er hei-ng square (ce represent a tee; said .bottorn being also provided with limes cormecting depressions, -said limes passing :Fvom eaeh round depression of a pair to each square depression of the same pair, and from each square depression t0 a round depression 11013 015 the same pair therewith; and a hall in said box.

6. A game board comprising a box having a fiat botton1 provided with an initial depression, a final depression and a plurality of intermediate depressions arranged in pairs, the depressions of each pair being closely adjacent to each other; said bott01n being 21130 provided with limes connecb ing all of the intermediate depressions in series between said initial depression and the final depression, said fines extending from one depression of a pair to the other depres sien of the same pair, and from one depres sion of each pair to another depression not of the same pair t'herewith; and a bail in said box.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of November, A. D. 1923.

DAVID B. CONKLIN. 

